The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1887-09-15

ITS the ball. be said, ITS become
smooth from friction. and Il you viii bripe
me little -four or meal. Mrs Swcet =
stay, here is piece Of chalk. which ID
/, better than all.
And from that little white Imp which
be took from bis wais,coai pockes be made
the machine perfect 10 five yes, In two
minutes.
Nov. how could / help watching him
from the door again. as he walked away 10
school; and let his Goa, tails dsp "A they
may, or be he kl0ckei kneed 10 eternity,
how could | help sending after hum my
heariiest benediction aud blessinef And
eau il be wondered at that wher, only two
or three months after. be told the that he
was going away, was like one stunned
and besildered? We were sitting 10 the
front room aud | was finishing of that
diagonal oveiskirt for Mrs Chappel
Charley had gone huutiog TO the woods,
for II was already autumn. aud an carly
frost had set the leaves shame. A breeze
from the west blew my hair into my eyes,
and put !, back with trembling hand
fhe soft warm day OF golden light sud ?
ienly seemed TO cloud over aud become
one Of moody sadness
Il have an opportunity for advance
nent 10 my profession, he said, to
which it would i'll beh oove me to put by.
lu my native town is offered me position
Of trust and confidence no less may say
TO you. dear madam, than a professors
chair
| hadn't the least idea what he meant
knew that one chair differed very much
| from another, aud whereas one was com
Portable, easy aud enjoyable, another
might be for the time being seat OF for
tune; but wherein professors char
excelIed could not at the time imagine,
[ sat quite still and the rufiis fell from my
hand; my foot rested upon the treadle OF
the machine, and sat and stared at Mr..
5ade like one demented.
"And it has occurred to me- be went
on, "thst the position | have here, which
is an exceedingly easy and pleasant one,
might profitably and equitably be filled
by one Of the other sex; the duties are not
arduous, and could be performed more
readily, it appears to me, than those per-
tainiug to the needle. have spoken TO |
the committee in your behalf, and with a
little attention upon your part to the sim
pie mechanical requirements necessary, |
and little help upon mine, you will be
ready to fill the position at once"
"Who2 |, Mr.. Slade? Why, you must
be crazy'
Then feeling that this wasn't respectful
way to reply, added that his kindness to
me had led him to over rate my cspabil
tiles
why, Mr.. Slade, said /, 81 never got
beyond the first four rules in arithmetic.
'And upon these depend everything"
be replied. Come, put by your work
and let us see what we can do 10 3 first
attemp"
II was no use to refuse. He was one Of
those masterful natures that always con
auors. Half an hour afterward was sit
ting close by his side at the table, with
Charleys slate under my blurred eyes and
Charey's pencil in my trembling fingers.
The rosy evening light streamed in upon
us, the soft, south wind bringing resinous
odors through the windows from the
woods where Charley yet fingered.
"Now, my dear Mrs. Sweet, said Mr..
Slade--and the very gentleness Of tone,
the tenderness OF my name, made mo shiy-
er and shake; for | could not get the
thought from my head that when he was
gone there WAS nobody left to deal tender
ly with me or mine-"now pray try to
give your thoughts to the subject in hand
Ii is the simplest thing in the world; and
these rudiments once conquered, the rest
will soon follow. Now, a man sold his
farm for IS, 730 and fourteen. ffteenths OF
this is seven tenths OF the cost OF his
house; and the house cost seven times as
much as the store; now what was the cos
OF the house and the store2"
His voice was SO persuasive, SO distinct,
it m nst have been pleasant voice to listen
to at school, even If the poor little block
head could make neither head nor tail to
his meaning. | looked at Mr.. Slade, an
then out of the window, where the mellow
light OF the sunset shoDe, and way
over at the wooded bills beyond, and
thought how, such a little while ago, il
was spring landscape all bathed 10 ten
derest green, and now it was autumn, the
grass was sere and brown, the leaves fall
lag. the branches like skeletons atains
the evening sky
MADAM my dear Mrs Sweet, said
the voice Of the schoomaster, Il beg your
attention to these few first rules. 1t Is
distastful for me 10 leave you . prey to
the coarse habits Of these village women,
who fsunt their tinery 10 an obtrusive and
manner, and erndge you the
poor reward for your labor II
''She said the seams we're crooked. and
perhaps they were." ssid for | knew be
meant Mrs Cbappel II sm not very
good at sewing, anything. The two
big tears rolled out OF nv eyes upon Cha
ley's slate, and blurred the schoolmaster's :
figures, which so distressed him that be
got up and took turn about the room.
Then he came back TO the table again.
Dear Mrs. Sweet" he said, quite i'm
ploringly. III you would only make up
your mind to master these first rulesl A
man sold bis farm for IS. 730"--
"And I'm sure be got good price for
q a a 4. Ia. T..